THE LA SALLE est. 1931 КОЛЛИДЖЯН Philadelphia, Pa. Vol. 93, Issue 17 February 27, 2020 Global Language Awareness Week to begin March 2 Department of Global Languages, Literatures and Perspectives to host its second annual foreign language awareness week Bianca Abbate nations and cultures. Editor On Monday, the Global Languages Awareness Week As midterms come to a close committee will table in the Union and March approaches, the where students can pick up Department of Global Languages, Global Passports, which contain Literatures and Perspectives information about the events for the prepares to bring to campus yet rest of the week. another week of language, culture Tuesday will commence with and (a great deal of) food. The the highly-anticipated global second annual Global Language food fair, featuring cuisine from Awareness Week (GLAW) is set Afghanistan to the Dominican to commence Monday, March 2. Republic. The food fair will take Global Language Awareness Week place in the Hayman Atrium is spearheaded by the Department during the free period. Later, of Global Languages, Literatures at 3 p.m., a string quartet from and Perspectives. The goal of the the Philadelphia Orchestra will week’s programming is to promote perform music from around the cultural awareness and the study world in the Holroyd Atrium. of foreign languages at La Salle. The week will consist of diverse Bianca Abbate programming, focusing on the food, Pictured above is professor of German, Leonid Rudnytzky, at last year’s global food fair. Hailing from Ukraine, See LANGUAGE Page 3 Rudnytzky started teaching at the University in 1959 and has taught several foreign languages over the years. culture and languages of foreign Foreign language week to echo worldwide Lasallian network Generalate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools The Lasallian network reaches 6 continents, 82 countries, 1,500 educational institutions and 1 million students. EL ÍNDICE News 2-3 NEDAW Events fight body Politics 4 dysmorphia. Page 2 Editorial 5 Charge La Salle welcomes a new Commentary 6-7 dietician to campus. Page 3 Features 8-9 Editor-in-chief misses the mark while A & E 10-11 endorsing boot-cut jeans. Page 7 Kicks 12 Baseball CAKE 13 La Salle’s baseball team Bianca Abbate wins against Hofstra Russian Club is one of the many ways the department embraces foreign language. Pictured above is Rodrigo Sports 14-16 pride. Martin del Campo presenting on his study abroad trip to Moscow. Page 14 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @TheLSUCollegian 2 NEWS Feb. 27, 2020 NEDAW initiatives encourage conversations about body dysmorphia, eating disorders The Renfrew Center brings initiative to campus Elyssa Loughlin Beyond the Mirror media platforms, at the self-perceived flaws in Editor is mostly social media handle @renfrewcenter, your appearance that aren’t National Eating Disorder based, according to Katie they will be sharing tips even visible to others.” Awareness Week (NEDAW) Martinez, a team leader on how to look beyond the People with dysmorphia started on Monday, Feb. 24 at the Renfrew Center in mirror and recovery, and often check the mirror and with it began a week Radnor. By placing stickers they want others to join repeatedly and engage in of programming to raise on mirrors in bathrooms in on this conversation. excessive self grooming. awareness regarding eating and dressing rooms across Approximately 50 million The Beyond the Mirror disorders. “National Eating the city, Martinez says Americans will face some initiative looks to break the Disorders Awareness Week that Renfrew is looking to sort of eating disorder in negative talk cycle that so at La Salle is important to change the negative talk- their life, and even more will often accompanies looking our community, because cycle that accompanies suffer from negative body in the mirror by encouraging it allows us to break down looking in the mirror for so image issues. “Body image people to “pause and think the barriers that surround many people. “When we can be such a taboo topic of something positive you conversations about eating look in the mirror, we are that impacts confidence and think about yourself,” disorders. It’s a week that faced with ourselves and self esteem, and this leads to Martinez said. “Then, when brings us all together to our reflection, which usually eating disorders,” Martinez you’re feeling poorly about celebrate our bodies and leads to thoughts about body said. She also mentioned yourself, you can go back to the strength we all have,” image. We look in the mirror that at any given time, those positive traits.” junior nutrition major and long enough and ultimately about 30 million people are The Renfrew Center’s Lydia Mullin NEDAW committee e-board find something we don’t like struggling with an eating decision to work with Community members take part in a body-positive yoga class as member Lydia Mullin said. about ourselves.” Renfrew disorder, “and that’s just in universities on this initiative a part of NEDAW. The theme of this year’s is using this campaign to the U.S. alone.” And a lot of was intentional. “Eating NEDA week is “Nourish to reroute conversations away these issues arise from the disorders are very common, center is always a good Are” yoga class. “[Thobe] Flourish.” from negative self talk to toxic diet culture that has especially on a college place to start.” Martinez always focuses on body Among the programming break the harmful thought pervaded the United States campus as we are all emphasized that many positivity in her classes, and initiatives taken at cycle from which so many for decades. “Because of transitioning into adulthood schools have support groups but she held an extra class La Salle this week is the suffer. “We want people [diet culture], it can be easy and discovering who we are for people who have suffered for NEDAW this week,” Renfrew Beyond the Mirror to look at what makes to get stuck thinking that if and what we want to be,” from eating disorders, Mullin said. There is a scale campaign. As part of the them unique beyond their we change our bodies, we’d Balcom said. College, for but there are also many smashing event on Thursday, Beyond the Mirror initiative, appearance,” Martinez said. feel better about ourselves many, can be the “perfect resources on renfrewcenter. Feb. 27 during free period stickers that read “love what Ideally, these stickers will … poor body image leads storm” when it comes com. They have reading to end the association of you see” were placed on be reminders in the moment to an association of body to developing an eating lists for individuals who weight with health and self- mirrors throughout campus. to pause and to think image with self worth in a disorder. “You go from living may be suffering but also worth. Delta Phi Epsilon The Renfrew Center is an about something positive negative way,” and Matinez at home with your parents in for friends and family who sorority is also holding two organization that provides regarding oneself rather than says that this can often lead highschool to a high pressure are looking for resources NEDAW-based initiatives intensive outpatient care all the negative thoughts to the development of eating environment that asks young on how to support those on Thursday: the “Duck and residential rehabilitation many have about their own disorders. adults to act in a way they who are battling an eating Your Insecurities” fundraiser programs to those suffering body. The challenge is to Senior biology major and haven’t acted before,” disorder. The website also and the “Trash Your from eating disorders respond with “when I dig Delta Phi Epsilon’s Vice Martinez said. “College is offers quizzes to determine Insecurities” activity. “If you nationally. The Renfrew deeper beyond the mirror, I President of Programming a big period of transition, your relationship with make any donation, you will Center at Radnor and Delta see ____.” Martinez says that Kerrie Balcom commends and a lot of freedom can food. You can also call receive a rubber duck with Phi Epsilon co-sponsored the organization is looking the Renfrew’s initiative. “I be overwhelming.” These 1-800-RENFREW at any a personalized, uplifting the initiative, which looks to make commonplace think the Renfrew Mirror can all be risk factors for time for support. message,” Balcom said of to normalize conversations conversations that are often Initiative drives home the people who are already “I am hopeful that the “Duck Your Insecurities.” about body image, on La considered to be taboo. point that we have to take susceptible to developing an mirror initiative will serve “Students can also write Salle’s campus. All week across all social a look at ourselves in the eating disorder. “You’re also as a reminder for La Salle down any insecurity [they mirror and make a choice. away from so many support students to love the person have] on a piece of paper Are we going to shower systems and developing new staring back at them in the and throw it into our Trash ourselves with intense connections and figuring mirror,” Balcom said. “We your Insecurities trash can.” criticism or are we going to out your identity,” Martinez as a community should be The beyond the accept and love ourselves? said. That’s why it’s so able to have open and honest mirror initiative was And then what? We need important to look closer at conversations about eating launched just in time for to go beyond the mirror the body image discussion disorders and how to help NEDAW, but Martinez and spread that love and and to be aware of warning others.